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About the Role
As the full-time Merchandising Team Leader, you are the Store Team Leader's "go-to" in developing and implementing the Merchandising strategy for the store. Your passion lies in training and coaching your team into great merchants delivering AEO brand Visual standards every day. Through your leadership, your team always nails floorset execution, and rocks merchandising and marketing brand standards. You ensure the store is always "guest ready" through effective replenishment. Most importantly, you represent our company values and bring your REAL self to work every day.
Responsibilities
- Drive sales by maximizing Fitting Room and Salesfloor productivity and building guest loyalty through a best-in-class guest experience.
- Contribute to the overall financial success of the store by analyzing reporting and daily trends to make strategic business decisions.
- Develop short and long-term business plans to drive key KPIs.
- Coach the team to deliver an outstanding guest experience by ensuring the store is representative of AEO Brand Standards.
- Lead day-to-day merchandising, sell-through adjustments, and replenishment.
- Motivate and inspire the team through AEO's core values.
- Hold the team accountable to AEO's customer service standards.
- Recruit and hire strong talent to ensure the store is staffed to meet business needs.
- Train and develop the team to ensure they provide outstanding service.
- Provide ongoing performance feedback through real-time coaching.
- Prioritize team touchbases, development plans, and performance reviews.
- Drive associate engagement by celebrating team performance.
- Execute and innovate daily operational procedures.
- Support the team in maintaining visual standards throughout every zone in the store.
- Ensure the Fitting Rooms are always guest-ready and rocking AEO Brand Standards.
- Ensure store safety standards are maintained.
- Commit to Asset Protection standards.
- Adhere to AEO's policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Love AE and Aerie products.
- Previous retail management experience.
- Ability to multi-task with attention to detail.
- Strong priority-setting and time management skills.
- Ability to lead and develop teams.
- General understanding of employment law.
- Business acumen.
- Flexible availability to work when the guest shops.
Skills
- Merchandising strategy
- Team training and coaching
- Visual standards
- Floorset execution
- Sales driving
- Guest experience
- Business analysis
- Team leadership
- Talent recruitment
- Talent development
- Performance feedback
- Operational procedures
- Asset protection
Location
- Store
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Management
Benefits
- 40% off product at both AE & Aerie year-round
- Additional seasonal discounts with new Floorsets
- Opportunities for development
- Chance to learn new skills
- Potential for career advancement
- Participation in store contests for the chance to win FREE merchandise and other exclusive prizes
About the Company
- Aerie is a fast-growing lifestyle brand offering intimates, apparel, activewear, and swim collections.
- The #AerieREAL™ movement advocates for body positivity and the empowerment of all women.
- AEO creates swimsuits, bras, and underwear with materials made from recycled polyester, recycled nylon fabric or sustainably sourced cotton.
Equal Opportunity
- AEO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal and provincial equal employment opportunity and human rights laws.
- AEO prohibits discrimination against associates and applicants for employment because of the individual's race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, a conviction for which a pardon has been granted or any other ground protected by applicable human rights legislation.
- This applies to all AEO activities, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, compensation, assignment, training, promotion, performance evaluation, discipline and discharge.
- AEO also provides reasonable accommodation of religion and disability in accordance with applicable law.